Social Events, Dining, and Other Points of Interest

Restaurants

For those looking for dining ideas Monday or Thursday nights.  New Haven has a good restaurant scene.   New Haven-style pizza, locally known as apizza (/əˈbiːts/, from Neapolitan ’a pizza (IPA: ) “the pizza”), is a style of Neapolitan pizza common in and around New Haven, Connecticut.  Most recognized names include:

• Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana (aka Pepe’s) - The white clam pizza is routinely the top pizza in America
• Modern Apizza - The Italian Bomb is routinely a top five in America 
• Sally’s Apizza - The tomato pie is a top ten in America
• BAR - Many locals rank their mashed potato and bacon pie amongst Pepe’s or Modern.

Here are some of our other favorite New Haven restaurants:

• Louis Lunch - Recognized by the Library of Congress as the birthplace of the Hamburger Sandwich.  We dare you to ask for ketchup.
• Geronimo Bar & Grill 
• Barcelona Wine Bar
• Prime 16
• Mecha Noodle Bar
• Soul de Cuba
• Mamoun’s Falafel Restaurant
• Harvest
• Havenly

Coffee

• Willoughby’s Coffee and Tea
• G Cafe
• Atticus (Also, books)
• Book Trader (Also, books)
• Dunkin
• Starbucks
• Maison Mathis

Shopping

• The Shops at Yale

Museums, Theatres, and Galleries

• Yale Art Gallery
• Yale Center for British Art
• Yale Architecture Gallery
• Yale Repertory Theatre
• Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (home of the world’s oldest printed object)

Outdoors

• Farmington Trail
• East Rock Park
• Lighthouse Point Beach
• West Haven Boardwalk at Savin Rock (available via CT Transit Bus 271 from New Haven Green)